Alice Alaso

Alaso wins petition to nullify Serere Woman MP seat

Alaso wins petition to nullify Serere Woman MP seat

The High Court in Soroti district has nullified the election of yet another National Resistance Movement (NRM) member, Hon. Hellen Adoa as Woman Member of Parliament for Serere district. Adoa beat Forum for Democratic Change’s Alice Alaso in the Febraury 18 elections to clinch the seat. According the results by the Electoral Commission, Adoa polled […]

Pension Scam Probe: Cash refund and more

Pension Scam Probe: Cash refund and more

Former principal accountant in Ministry of Public Service Christopher Obey has refused to refund money which he allegedly stole belonging to pensioners. Obey appeared before the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) today chaired by Alice Alaso to defend himself over his alleged forgery of files purportedly belonging to former workers of EAC [pensioners] and paid shs165bn. […]

Ministry of Public Service officials summoned over pension scam

Ministry of Public Service officials summoned over pension scam

The parliamentary committee on public Accounts has summoned the Ministry of Public Service officials suspected to have been involved in the pension scan worth over 268 billion shillings. The summons was issued by the Committee chaired by Serere woman Member of Parliament Alice Alaso in a meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Public […]

Parliament calls for investigation of the recent murder cases

Parliament calls for investigation of the recent murder cases

The Member of Parliament for Butambala County  Muwanga Kivumbi has demanded for a detailed investigative report of the recent killings of prominent personalities and Muslim clerics. This follows the tragic murder of the Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, Joan Kagezi who was gunned down in Kiwatule, a Kampala surburb. Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi said the […]

MPs want Uganda to endorse UN resolution on road safety

Members of Parliament have asked the government to bring to parliament the United Nations resolutions on Road safety so as they are adopted by Uganda government to reduce on the road accidents in the country. The MPS who included the woman mp for Serere district Alice Alaso said that Uganda loses about 3000 people in accidents per […]

Alice Alaso appeals to government over teachers’ salaries

The woman mp for Serere district who is also FDC secretary General Alice Alaso has defended the teachers over their plan to strike for the salary increment. Speaking to journalists at parliament today Alaso said that teachers have been agitating the same over a period but government seems to be ignoring their call. She said […]

Alice Alaso asks government to deliver foot and mouth vaccine for cattle

The woman Member of Parliament for Serere district Alice Alaso has demanded for speedy extension of foot   and mouth vaccine to the eight districts of Teso. Alaso told parliament that since the quarantine was put on the movement of cattle inTeso over the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease, the government never sent the vaccine to the area to solve […]

Opposition disputes 13 million voters register announced by Uganda electoral commission

The Forum for Democratic Party has disputed the Electoral Commission figure of registered voters who will take part in the 2011 Uganda general elections in February. The Uganda Electoral Commission released the long awaited voters register indicating Uganda has 13 million voters after a national wide voter registration exercise. But FDC Secretary General Alice Alaso, […]